Nara Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region

Koulikoro Region

Koulikoro is a region in Mali. It is the second administrative area of Mali and covers an area of 90,120 km². Its capital is the city of Koulikoro.- Geography :...

 of Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

. Its seat is the town of Nara

Nara, Mali

Nara is a city of Mali's Koulikoro Region and the capital of its Cercle. The Cercle is located near the Mauritanian border and was estimated in 2004 to contain 11,000 people...

, which is also the capital of its Region

Regions of Mali

||Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district. Each of the regions bears the name of its principal city. The regions are divided into 49 cercles. The cercles and the capital district are divided into 703 communes....

 and its largest town. The cercle

Cercles of Mali

A cercle is the second level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district . These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 cercles....

 is divided into communes

Communes of Mali

A Commune is the third level administrative unit in Mali. Mali is divided into eight regions and one capital district . These subdivisions bear the name of their principal city. The regions are divided into 49 Cercles...

, and below this, Quarters/Villages.
Nara Cercle is the northernmost area of Koulikoro Region, and abuts the desert regions of Mauritania

Mauritania

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 to the north. It covers some 30,000 km2, and is home to Bambara and Sarakole peoples, as well as semi-nomadic Maure

Maure

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 and Fula

Fula people

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 peoples, engaged in farming and livestock raising.

Administrative divisions

Nara Cercle is divided into eleven commune:

• Allahina
  Allahina
  Allahina is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 7475.-References:...
  
  
• Dabo
  Dabo
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• Dilly
  Dilly
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• Dogofry
  Dogofry
  Dogofry may refer to:*Dogofry, Koulikoro*Dogofry, Ségou...
  
  
• Fallou
  Fallou
  Fallou is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 22027....
  
  
• Gueneibe
  Gueneibe
  Gueneibe is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 5814....
  
  
• Guire
  Guire
  Guire is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 12,950....
  
  
• Koronga
  Koronga
  Koronga is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 9131....
  
  
• Nara
  Nara, Mali
  Nara is a city of Mali's Koulikoro Region and the capital of its Cercle. The Cercle is located near the Mauritanian border and was estimated in 2004 to contain 11,000 people...
  
  
• Niamana
  Niamana, Koulikoro
  Niamana is a commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Mourdiah. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 19,881....
  
  
• Ouagadou
  Ouagadou
  Ouagadou is a commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The principal town lies at Goumbou. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 17,788....